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I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas
Gayla Peevey, recorded in 1953; lyrics and music by John Rox
I Gwant a hippopotamus for Christmas; Only a hippopotamus will Ddo
D7Don't want a doll, no dinky Tinker Toy; I Awant a hippopotamus to D7play with and enDjoy
I Gwant a hippopotamus for Christmas; I don't think Santa Claus will mind, do Dyou?
He D7won't have to use our dirty chimney flue
Just Abring him through the front door, that's the D7easy thing to Ddo
I can G7see me now on CChristmas morning, G7creeping down the Cstairs
Oh what D7joy and what surprise, when I Gopen up my eyes
to see a Ahippo hero Dstanding D7there
I Gwant a hippopotamus for Christmas; Only a hippopotamus will Ddo
D7No crocodiles, no rhinoceroses; A7I only like D7hippopotaDmuses
And A7hippopotaD7muses like me Gtoo
[Interlude]
G G D
G G D
D7Mom says the hippo would eat me up, but then
A7Teacher says a hippo is a D7vegeteriDan
[Interlude]
G G D
G G D
There's D7lots of room for him in our two-car garage
I'd A7feed him there and wash him there and D7give him his masDsage
I can G7see me now on CChristmas morning, G7creeping down the Cstairs
Oh what D7joy and what surprise, when I Gopen up my eyes
to see a Ahippo hero Dstanding D7there
I Gwant a hippopotamus for Christmas; Only a hippopotamus will Ddo
D7No crocodiles, no rhinoceroseses; A7I only like D7hippopotaDmuseses
And A7hippopotaD7muses like me Gtoo

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I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas

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I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas

Gayla Peevey, recorded in 1953; lyrics and music by John Rox

G D

I want a hippopotamus for Christmas; Only a hippopotamus will do

D7 A D7 D

Don't want a doll, no dinky Tinker Toy; I want a hippopotamus to play with and enjoy

G D

I want a hippopotamus for Christmas; I don't think Santa Claus will mind, do you?

He won't have to use our dirty chimney flue

A D7 D

Just bring him through the front door, that's the easy thing to do

G7 C G7 C

I can see me now on Christmas morning, creeping down the stairs

D7 G

Oh what joy and what surprise, when I open up my eyes

A D D7

to see a hippo hero standing there

G D

I want a hippopotamus for Christmas; Only a hippopotamus will do

D7 A7 D7 D

No crocodiles, no rhinoceroses; I only like hippopotamuses

A7 D7 G

And hippopotamuses like me too

[Interlude]

G G D

Mom says the hippo would eat me up, but then

A7 D7 D

Teacher says a hippo is a vegeterian

[Interlude]

G G D

There's lots of room for him in our two-car garage

A7 D7 D

I'd feed him there and wash him there and give him his massage

G7 C G7 C

I can see me now on Christmas morning, creeping down the stairs

D7 G

Oh what joy and what surprise, when I open up my eyes

A D D7

to see a hippo hero standing there

G D

I want a hippopotamus for Christmas; Only a hippopotamus will do

D7 A7 D7 D

No crocodiles, no rhinoceroseses; I only like hippopotamuseses

A7 D7 G

And hippopotamuses like me too

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